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- OBJECT TYPE
- WALL/LONG PENDULUM
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1975.0430.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Baumann Ltd.
- MODEL
- BUCO 1670
- LOCATION
- Switzerland
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD/ METAL WEIGHTS
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 17.8 cm
- Height
- 154.0 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Horology
- Category
- Clocks
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Buco
- Country
- Switzerland
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Unknown - Technical
-
GALILEO GALILEI HAD HIS SON, VINCENZO GALILEI VIVIANI & DOMENICO BALLESTRI CONSTRUCT A LONG PENDULUM CLOCK WITH A FREE ESCAPEMENT. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE LONG PENDULUM WAS SEPARATELY SUSPENDED BY CHRISTIAN HUYGENS. IT WAS THIS AND THE ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT, INTRODUCED IN 1671 BY WILLIAM CLEMENT AND BY DR. HOOKE THAT STARTED THE TRIUMPHANT ADVANCE OF THE LONG PENDULUM CLOCKS' (REF.1, BROCHURE) - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- NIL
- Finish
- Unknown
- Decoration
- N/A
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Baumann Ltd., Clock, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1975.0430, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1975.0430.001/
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